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CVE-2015-5243
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2018-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-94
Description
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Affected products
- Phpwhois Project Phpwhois: through 4.2.2
References
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3
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